Road to Valencia - Part 11 ๐
Intro
This is an ongoing series of how I'm preparing for the marathon of Valencia, taking place on Dec 7th. I'm using Stryd to train for this event based on running power, a metric I have found very useful for the past years.
I'm ramping up my fitness, hope to finish somewhere around 3h10 / 3h15.
Read my introduction post here or check out the full series.
Week 10 training schedule
- Mon: Rest
- Tue: 60min 5x3min intervals
- Wed: 45min recovery
- Thu: 65min 2x17min30 intervals
- Fri: 45min recovery
- Sat:
50min recovery with strides - Sun:
160min long run
Distance: 40km
Week 10 review
Overall feeling: Sick (again) ๐ค
While I did take it easy the week before, and even took an extra rest day on Monday, I feel I got back in business too soon. The intervals on Tuesday felt quite ok in terms of pace and HR, but breathing felt harder. The same with the intervals which I moved to Friday. I didn't think much of it at the time, but both Wednesday and Saturday were days I didn't feel good, and Marge getting sick on Saturday and staying in bed for most of the weekend, made me realise a viral infection was still active inside me.
The obvious choice would have been to take rest, which I did over the weekend. I again focused on sleeping, and was happy with the extra hour thanks to changing to winter time. I've been doing this for a few days now, and today I finally feel different again. I don't feel tired, my stomach is not upset, and I feel a drive and focus again to work and exercise. Which I lacked in the past weeks.
I normally have intervals planned for today, but will keep it easy, running the same distance, but at a much slower pace. I don't want to risk losing another week...
Additional training, tools & comments
Similar as the week before, when I'm not feeling at my best, I lose all focus and commitment. I could have focused on breathing or strength, but instead skipped everything alltogether.
I've also felt a bit down of losing a 3rd week of training, potentially having an impact on my finishing time. I still have 6 weeks to go before race day, so there is still time to train and improve. I'll just have to accept it and do what I still can.
This week
Week 11 training schedule
- Mon: Rest
- Tue: 65min 4x7min intervals
- Wed: 45min recovery
- Thu: 65min 2x17min30 intervals
- Fri: 45min recovery
- Sat: 50min recovery with strides
- Sun: 170min long run
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